Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa announced on Wednesday that Zambia has agreed to deport a key London bombing suspect to Britain.
Both the US and the UK want custody of Haroon Aswat, 31, who has spent time in South Africa.
He has been named in media reports as the alleged mastermind behind the July 7 blasts.
The US alleges he tried to set up a terrorist training camp in Oregon.
"We had discussions with the governments of the US and Britain and finally agreed that Mr Aswat should be deported to his country, which is Britain," Mwanawasa said in Lusaka.
US media reported on July 22, the day after the four failed attacks on London's transport system, that US police and intelligence agencies were taking part in the hunt for Aswat.
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They said the four suicide bombers behind the July 7 attacks had made about 20 calls to him on his cellphone.
Aswat, who spent time in South Africa and Botswana before entering Zambia on July 6, had been on a watch list of Western intelligence agencies who tipped off Zambian authorities. - Sapa-AFP.
- This article was originally published on page 1 of Cape Argus on August 03, 2005
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